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Curetons, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Van Wyck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29720. The Survey maps it on the Van Wyck quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Curetons within Lancaster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Curetons (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 413 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceI FELL DOWN
8 August 2002Smoking1.5 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceBAILYWICK DR.
8 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceSUNBONNET LN.
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceTIRZAH CHURCH
4 August 2001Debris and open burning1.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceNEED TRACTOR...3 HRS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Curetons (historical): 7 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sericite Pit Number 1MicaUnknownMetamorphic
Sericite Pit Number 2MicaUnknownMetamorphic
Gold HillGoldUnknownVein
Gold Hill MineGoldPast Producer
Joseph Clark Estate MineGoldPast Producer
Faile MineClayProducer
Howey MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Lancaster MillClayPast Producer
Miller MineClayProducerMetamorphic
Van Wyck MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lancaster County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hancock2.9 miles15
Van Wyck2.9 miles13
Springdell5.7 miles12
Fosters Crossroads6.2 miles13
Shiloh6.4 miles13
Belair6.6 miles15
Unity6.9 miles14
Riverside7.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241627. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.